Apparatus for setting or removing tiles.



No. 707,264. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

H. SCHMIDT, m. APPARATUS FOR SETTING 0R REMOVING TILES.

(Applicatiqn filed Oct. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED r STATES 4 PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN SCHMIDT, JR., OF swAN'roN, NEBRASKA.

APPARATUS FOR SETTING OR REMOVING TILES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,264, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed October 16, 1901. Serial No. 78,823. No modem To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN SCHMIDT, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Swanton, in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Setting or Removing Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for lowering tubesor tiles into wells and setting them in place, and also provide for removing tiles from a well, the said device comprising a central shaft upon which is mounted a metal cylinder having springcatches which are adapted to support a tile while it is being lowered into the well and automatically release the same by engagement with the tile below, together with springactuated jaws on the lower end of, the shaft for the purpose of removing tiles, and means for retaining or confining said jaws, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, illustrating its application in setting tiles. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the application of the device in removing tiles or tubes. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the device. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line a 4. of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is'a detail sectional view.

Referring to said drawings, A designates a shaft which forms the main support of the device, and upon the upper end of this shaft is mounted a cross-arm B, having centrally a ring 12, embracing the shaft and secured thereto by set-screws b. A second cross-arm B is mounted on the shaft a short distance above the lower end thereof, and these crossarms B and B serve to hold in place a metal tube or pipe 0, the latter being of less diameter than the tiling, so that it may slide therein. The pipe is adjustable-on the arms by means of the slots 0, through which the screws 1) pass into said arms. The tube Ois provided with vertical slots cin its sides, in which play spring-catches l),'the' upper ends of which normally project beyond the sides of the tube and form horizontal shoulders, upon which a file may rest and be supported. The free end of each catch is extended laterprevent it from entering between the tiles after one has been set. The lower end of the tube 0 is contracted, so that it may be readily guided into a tile and for the purpose of retaining the clamping-jaws, hereinafter described.

E E designate clampiug-jaws, which are hinged at their inner ends to the lower end of the shaft A, the saidjaws'being disposed at an upward inclination and provided with shoulders e, which engage a lug 6 formed on the shaft, and limit their downward movement. These jaws are adapted to swing toward the shaft and are projected outward therefrom by means of flat springs f, interposed between the jaws and shaft. The outer end of each jaw is provided with a V-shaped recess, forming an entering-point e, which is adapted to pass into the joint between the tiles when the device is employed for removing tiles.

The device is raised and lowered by means of a cable attached to ring S, secured to the upper end of the shaft A.

In attaching the device to a tile for the purpose of lowering it into a well the said device is passed downward through the tile until the catches D pass the lower end and spring outward, so that the tile may be supported thereon. The tile may then be lowered into the well, and when it reaches the tile previously set the pipe C of the device enters the same, being guided by the contracted end, and as said device passes downward into said tile the catches D are pressed inward, releasing the other tile. The device is properly ce'ntered by means of the pipe or cylinderfG, so that the tile which is lowered thereby will be properly placed upon the tile below. When the device is raised out of the.well,the rounded corners of the catches permit said catches to pass the joint without entering same.

In removing a tile the parts are arranged,

as shown in Fig. 2, with the jaws E in opera- I and support said tile upon the device, so that it will be raised and removed therewith.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that I provide a simple and efiective device for handling tiles in constructing wells and that the parts operate automatically to release a tile in setting the same and to engage a tile in removing it from a well.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device for handling tilings or tubes, the combination, of a shaft having upper and lower cross-arms, a cylinder or pipe connected to said arms, spring-catches in the sides of the cylinder or pipe and adapted to project normally therefrom, and jaws projecting from the lower end of the shaft, said jaws having points at their outer ends adapted to enter the joint between two tiles, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device for handling tilings or tubes, the combination, of a shaft having upper and lower cross-arms, a pipe connected to said arms, said pipe being contracted at its lower end, spring-catches projecting from the sides of the pipe and adapted to support a tile, and spring-actuated jaws projecting at an upward inclination from the lower end of the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device for handling tilings or tubes, the combination, of ashaft having cross-arms, a pipe connected to said arms and adjustable vertically thereon, said pipe being contracted at its lower end, spring-catches projecting from the sides of the pipe, jaws hinged to the lower end of the shaft, and springs forcing the jaws outward, said jaws being adapted to be engaged by the lower end of the pipe when the device is used for setting tiles, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN SCHMIDT, JR. \Vitnesses:

J. S. FREEBORN, AUG. F. WITTE. 

